The Land of Nightmares by David Purse

Author:David Purse [Purse, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913600129
Publisher: Inked Entertainment

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MAYDAY, MAYDAY!

The sea monster’s roar hit them in a gust of fetid breath that almost capsized the boat.

The stench of last week’s tuna assaulted Mona’s senses, clumps of fish guts spattering all over them from between the massive beast’s rows and rows of jagged teeth. Someone really needed to floss.

The monster rose to the height of Ms. Gloomberg’s three-story home, its single huge eye the size of the second floor alone with its bright green iris homing in on them from above. Its skin was purple, from its hammer-shaped head to the suckers on its tentacles, and completely covered in slime. It dripped off it and into the water in giant drops of goo.

It was part kraken, part alien, and every part terrifying.

“M-m-m-m-Mona,” squeaked Torpid. “What are we going to do?”

Mona craned her neck at the monster and her legs turned to jellyfish. Its huge bulk blocked out the light from the dark blue sky, covering the boat in shadow.

“I’ll tell you what I’m going to do,” said Kit. “Get the heck out of here.” Kit stood on the edge of the boat and without a second glance, dove into the water. Their head sprouted through the surface and they began swimming in the opposite direction from Mona, Torpid, and the creature from the nightmare lagoon.

Mona cast a frantic look around.

No oars. No land near enough to reach. No hope.

Ice coursed through her limbs and she stood frozen in the middle of the boat with no way out. She couldn’t swim. She was trapped. She had two options, the sea creature or the water, and neither of them would end well.

“Mona,” called Torpid, shaking her.

“Huh?” she asked, defrosting a bit.

Just then, one of the tentacles shot out from behind them and wrapped around Torpid. The sloth screamed, and before Mona could react, it swept him off the boat and took him under the water.

“Torpid!”

Mona ran to the edge of the boat and looked down to see bubbles rise from below. A second later, the tentacle rose from the other side of the boat and hoisted a soaking-wet Torpid high into the air.

Torpid heaved and took a great gulp of air, the tentacle squeezing him tight. “The sand!” he called down to her.

Mona placed a hand on her belt. “Sand.”

“Yes!” yelled Torpid, as the beast used the tentacle holding the sloth to try to bash Mona from the boat. She ducked, narrowly avoiding a sucker to the face. Torpid’s strained voice called out to her. “Use your imagination, and remember, no monsters! It has to be something good.”

“Sand,” she repeated, snapping out of her fear.

Mona peered up at the creature and ran her hand over the bags of sand. She hadn’t come all this way to fall short now. She had a job to do, and nothing, not even a ferocious sea monster, would stop her from reaching Sandman.

The monster rose another of its great tentacles from the water and sent it crashing down, just missing the boat. The impact from

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